Vicinity: ... World War I sites at Verdun, museums, the Argonne forest, Cistercian L'Abbaye de Lachalade, the American cemetery at Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, the Benedictine library at Saint-Mihiel, the Basilica of Notre Dame d'Avioth, nature walks, outdoor sports, and other attractions of the beautiful Lorraine region.

I believe this could be the bridge that Jordan is running across and it's very close to a huge war cemetery. But I can't quite pinpoint it on a map. Maybe the picture will help someone identify the place?

RACERS BECOME THEIR OWN WORST ENEMY ON A FRENCH BATTLEFIELD WHERE SHORT TEMPERS AND ARROGANCE COULD LEAD TO THEIR DEMISE, ON "THE AMAZING RACE," SUNDAY, MARCH 14

"I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?" (France) — A World War I reenactment — complete with air attacks, gunfire and explosions — tests the Racers' nerves, and one Team finds that their cocky attitude may cost them dearly when a Blind U-Turn comes into play, on THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Phil Keoghan is host.

What cocky attitude? How is saving a place in line cocky? I can understand claiming to know the subways in LA as maybe being cocky, but what evil thing have they done? This is a severe case of editing creating a non-existent personality.

Sorry, the survival of Jeff & Jordan and now this foreboding preview have put me in a bad mood.

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After much fussing with different rail schedules, I found one that gave me something useful. The main connection point for a rail trip from Hamburg to Verdun is Metz. However, the journey from Hamburg to Metz is 7.5 to 11.5 hours and the connection from Metz to Verdun takes an additional 9.5 hours to 16 3/4 hours, I conclude that rail is not feasible for this particular trip.

I believe that teams took a long-distance bus to maybe Metz, Nancy or Luxembourg, then connected to a local bus to go the short remaining distance.

RACERS BECOME THEIR OWN WORST ENEMY ON A FRENCH BATTLEFIELD WHERE SHORT TEMPERS AND ARROGANCE COULD LEAD TO THEIR DEMISE, ON "THE AMAZING RACE," SUNDAY, MARCH 14

"I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?" (France)  A World War I reenactment  complete with air attacks, gunfire and explosions  tests the Racers' nerves, and one Team finds that their cocky attitude may cost them dearly when a Blind U-Turn comes into play, on THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Phil Keoghan is host.

What cocky attitude? How is saving a place in line cocky? I can understand claiming to know the subways in LA as maybe being cocky, but what evil thing have they done? This is a severe case of editing creating a non-existent personality.

Sorry, the survival of Jeff & Jordan and now this foreboding preview have put me in a bad mood.

The Insider videos this season have given a reasonable amount of info regarding Joe's "cockiness", they are worth watching.

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RACERS BECOME THEIR OWN WORST ENEMY ON A FRENCH BATTLEFIELD WHERE SHORT TEMPERS AND ARROGANCE COULD LEAD TO THEIR DEMISE, ON "THE AMAZING RACE," SUNDAY, MARCH 14

"I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?" (France) — A World War I reenactment — complete with air attacks, gunfire and explosions — tests the Racers' nerves, and one Team finds that their cocky attitude may cost them dearly when a Blind U-Turn comes into play, on THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, March 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Phil Keoghan is host.

What cocky attitude? How is saving a place in line cocky? I can understand claiming to know the subways in LA as maybe being cocky, but what evil thing have they done? This is a severe case of editing creating a non-existent personality.

Sorry, the survival of Jeff & Jordan and now this foreboding preview have put me in a bad mood.

I agree with you about the description of, presumably, Joe & Heidi as "cocky" as coming out of left field.

The editors tried to do it with saving spots from episode 2 and the "I have a compass" from episode 3, but, other than that, they haven't shown any other substantial footage.

There's always a new insider video every week, where some racer keeps saying that Joe is this, that, and the other thing, but they never show us any footage of this behaviour.

I don't get it. Justin from TAR15 tweeted that he and some other racers didn't like Lance while on the race, but they at least showed footage of Lance's weird behaviour. All I get regarding Joe is talk.

Even if Joe & Heidi survive this elimination, I'm guessing that the U-Turn sets them too far back to make up the difference in the next elimination.

On another note, are Daniel & Jordan the first racers to consistently wear backwards baseball caps on the race?

Thanks, Apskip! I'm finding quick 1.5h trains between Metz and Verdun though throughout the day, instead of the 9.5-17h you found. Just for example, a departure from Hamburg at midnight this coming Wednesday morning will get one into Verdun by 2pm the same day...

It's true, though, that the caps make a bus seem likely...

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Found out that Neobie in Chinese means "f*king awesome"! No, really. Look it up!

Wow, I come back from an unexpected (but very pleasurable) weekend in Mexico, watch the last night's episode, come to check out what's new and am completely blown away. I have been avid TAR fan since the beginning, but just started looking sleuthing/spoiler sites this season (I tried to keep it "pure" as long as possible) and I can't believe all the stuff you come with, how quickly you do it, and how accurate you are. ALL I CAN SAY IS YOU ALL AMAZE ME!! Thank you for the time you put into it, you've made it fun so far!!

Now onto other things, poor Heidi and Joe, I have a bad, bad feeling for them this week. Between all the hate from the other Racers, the emphasis on Joe's knee (foreshadowing anyone? ) and what looks like might actually turn out to be a physically demanding challenge....it might be the end of the line.